Forgetting Marilyn Monroe is impossible, and not just because it's the anniversary of her death
She is the icon of style and beauty par excellence, even 56 years after her death the life and mystery of Norma Jean Baker continue to fascinate us
Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman ever, years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains forever an icon that never ceases to have her charm, even over 50 years after her death, which took place on the 5th. August 1962.
The blonde considered by many to be a fool who seduces men with her gaze and her breathtaking body, had a long personal history behind her very intricate which was probably one of the reasons that led to her death (even if the mystery still remains hidden: it is committed suicide or was she killed?). For all fans (and not) it seems right to retrace the key stages in the life of Marilyn Monroe.
Norma Jean's childhood before becoming Marilyn Monroe
She was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles (United States), the natural daughter of Gladys Baker, a film editor, and C. Stanley Giffert, a baker who managed to become a producer and director. She was given the name Norma Jean as a tribute from her mother to silent film actress Norma Talmadge. She was given up for adoption at six weeks old.
Much of her childhood was spent in foster homes and orphanages. Her father had abandoned her and her mother was admitted to a psychiatric hospital with symptoms of depression.
The naked Marilyn
After she 1942 she married James Dougherty, an aviation worker, she changed her life changing her when Yank magazine noticed her and offered her to pose as a model. Photos of Marilyn Monroe appeared on 33 national magazine covers. In 1946 she divorced and moved to Hollywood, signing a contract with Fox and changing her name: Marilyn was an invention of Lyon (old actor turned director by Fox) and Monroe was her mother's maiden name. . In 1949 she met Johnny Hyde, (whom she discovered among others in Rita Hayworth and Lana Turner) who became her mentor and lover, but above all made her appear naked in the most famous calendar of all time.
The most famous films of Marilyn Monroe
In 1948 she sang her first song in a film, Orchidea Bionda, although it was in 1950 that she played her first serious role in Asphalt Jungle Casting a Myth. In 1953 she was named the most popular actress for Photoplay magazine, and her name was in the top ten grossing stars that year. The film When the wife is on vacation turns out to be a smash hit. After her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, which failed after only a year, she remarried Arthur Miller and made another cult film: Some Like It Hot.
Love with the Kennedys
In 1958 she was hospitalized for a week for a nervous breakdown and the dissolution of her marriage with Miller was officially announced, and in the winter of 1961 she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Through Frank Sinatra she meets Peter Lawford and through him her brothers-in-law, the Kennedys. At Madison Square Garden, she attends President John F. Kennedy's birthday party, and Happy Birthday in front of more than twenty thousand people. In addition to John the beautiful Marilyn also dated his brother Bob, who was her last lover of her and presumably the father of the child that Marilyn claimed to be expecting (many claim that she was forced to have an abortion for this).
The controversy surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on August 5, 1962, at the age of thirty-six. The corpse of Marilyn, who was stripped of clothes and holding her telephone receiver, was discovered by Ralph Greenson, who had been urgently called at 3.30 by the actress's housekeeper. It is said that he also called the White House but that the FBI made the tapes disappear.
The most beautiful and famous phrases of Marilyn Monroe
"I belong to the public, it's my only family",
“Never cry for a man, your make-up is dripping. And my mascara is worth more than a stupid male »,« What am I wearing in bed? Two drops of Chanel N ° 5 ",
"I never sunbathe, I want to feel blonde everywhere",
“I don't know who invented high heels. But all women owe him a lot ",
"Husbands are never such wonderful lovers as when they are cheating on their wives",
"Silence is the only logical answer to be given to stupid people."
